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A powerful mage trained by the Ladies of the Isle, Averil, heir to the Duchy of Quitaine, returns home to take up her duties, only to discover that her land is under secret attack by the King of Lys, who seeks to release the Serpent God who had once enslaved all humanity, and joins forces with Gereint, a novice of the Knights of the Rose, to protect their people. A first novel. Reprint.
I wouldn‘t say this was the best written book and I‘m not usually keen on such an overt religious allusion, but I did enjoy the fusion of Old and New gods.
so-so
The Serpent and the Rose | 
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